[xubuntu-users] [14.04 64Bit]-Convert NTFS HDD To ext4 & Encrypt?

[Jesse Palser]

Hi,

Ok, I will backup NTFS HDD, then format HDD to ext4 and copy data back 
to it.
How would I encrypt an ext4 HDD?
(my main system HDD is encrypted - which was setup during O.S. install)

Thanks!

Jesse



On 10/21/2014 08:25 PM, Elbert LaGrew wrote:
> You will need to backup all the data on the disk first. AFAIK, there 
> is no other way but to reformat the drive as ext4. There might be some 
> other 3rd party tools, but personally, I would not trust that without 
> a backup.
>
> Once you've done that, there are tons of tutorials on the internet on 
> how to convert. This is really not a specific issue to Xubuntu Google it.
>
> --El
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Jesse Palser 
> <jessepalsermailinglists at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jessepalsermailinglists at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     [14.04 64Bit]-Convert NTFS HDD To ext4 & Encrypt?
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I need to safely convert a hard disk drive from Microsoft NTFS to
>     Linux ext4 & encrypt.
>     The hard disk drive is 1TB and is about 75% full.
>     Is there some simple and safe method on Xubuntu 14.04 to do the above?
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     Jesse
>
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